Teen suspected of running KillSec ransomware group as cops seize servers, arrest three

Police suspect a 16-year-old was the main operator of KillSec, a ransomware group linked to around 1,000 suspected attacks worldwide. Authorities announced on Thursday that an international operation had seized the group's infrastructure and made three provisional arrests. The German-led Operation KillSwitch replaced the crew's leak site with a police seizure notice. The available information is incredibly fragmented. Europol said the 16-year-old was "the group's suspected main operator," but did not explicitly say this person was arrested. Spanish police announced the arrest of a "minor," a Romanian national residing in Spain, but did not publicly link this arrest to the 16-year-old mentioned by Europol. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) said UK police had arrested Dutch national Fouad Eltibrizi, whom it has charged over alleged cybercrimes in the US and Puerto Rico. It is seeking his extradition. Eltibrizi is the only suspect officials have publicly named. Europol told The Register he was allegedly one of KillSec's negotiators. …